In 2018, there were 340 shootings that occurred in the United States. In each of these events, there were never any instances where there were no casualties or injuries. In 2018 alone, 373 lives were lost due to these shootings and 1347 were injured. Chicago city was the most impacted in terms of the amount of times there were shootings in this location. Illinois was the most impacted state in 2018. (Source: gunviolencearchive.org)
| state | Total Killed | Total Injured | Fatality Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 12 | 55 | 0.1791045 |
| Arizona | 4 | 5 | 0.4444444 |
| Arkansas | 7 | 17 | 0.2916667 |
| California | 50 | 136 | 0.2688172 |
| Colorado | 9 | 27 | 0.2500000 |
| Connecticut | 0 | 8 | 0.0000000 |
| Delaware | 5 | 0 | 1.0000000 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 23 | 0.0800000 |
| Florida | 48 | 132 | 0.2666667 |
| Georgia | 3 | 33 | 0.0833333 |
| Illinois | 21 | 150 | 0.1228070 |
| Indiana | 10 | 27 | 0.2702703 |
| Kansas | 1 | 11 | 0.0833333 |
| Kentucky | 7 | 25 | 0.2187500 |
| Louisiana | 15 | 50 | 0.2307692 |
| Maryland | 13 | 31 | 0.2954545 |
| Massachusetts | 0 | 4 | 0.0000000 |
| Michigan | 10 | 28 | 0.2631579 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 14 | 0.0666667 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 17 | 0.0555556 |
| Missouri | 12 | 52 | 0.1875000 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 16 | 0.0588235 |
| Nevada | 3 | 15 | 0.1666667 |
| New Jersey | 4 | 54 | 0.0689655 |
| New Mexico | 5 | 4 | 0.5555556 |
| New York | 5 | 53 | 0.0862069 |
| North Carolina | 14 | 37 | 0.2745098 |
| Ohio | 13 | 46 | 0.2203390 |
| Oklahoma | 2 | 19 | 0.0952381 |
| Pennsylvania | 35 | 63 | 0.3571429 |
| South Carolina | 5 | 19 | 0.2083333 |
| Tennessee | 19 | 68 | 0.2183908 |
| Texas | 29 | 62 | 0.3186813 |
| Utah | 0 | 4 | 0.0000000 |
| Virginia | 2 | 17 | 0.1052632 |
| Washington | 4 | 9 | 0.3076923 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 16 | 0.0588235 |
This table portrays the total amount of people killed and injured by shootings in each State that was affected in the year 2018. Through this visual, Delaware was the most notable state with a 1.0 fatality rate, however it was not the highest death rate. California had a drastic amount of people that were injured and killed in 2018 compared to other states.
A particular event that was local to the University of Washington was the shooting in Seattle (Skyway), Washington. This occurred on April 29, 2018. The total impact was 4 people, where 2 were injured and 2 were killed. Seattle Times Report
| date | state | city | address | num_killed | num_injured | lat | long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 29, 2018 | Washington | Seattle (Skyway) | 12603 Renton Ave S | 2 | 2 | 47.49242 | -122.2391 |
From this interactive map, we can determine that over half of shootings within the U.S. occured in the East. Correspondingly, there is virtually no incidences of shootings in Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota.
With this plot, the question that is aimed to be answered is what the fatality rate was for each state during 2018. A column layout was the most valid method to answer this question because we are dealing with one nominal variable (states) and one categorical variable (fatality rate).
This plot describes what the rate of death (during a shooting event) was in any particular state during 2018. The calculation would be as follows: death/(death + injury) to get the rate. From this plot, Delaware was the only state that had a 100% death rate (where there were 5 deaths and 0 injured). Utah, Massachusetts, and Conneticut had a death rate of 0% (where there were 4 injured in both Utah and Massachusetts, and 8 injured in Conneticut).